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QB - Ben Roethlisberger, Brian Hoyer, [FREE AGENT] (Hoyer is a free agent and I'd rather get a guy like Colt McCoy to be the back-up. Someone younger with experience)

RB - [LATE DRAFT PICK], Jonathan Dwyer, Chris Rainey (Dwyer and Redman should be back and Dwyer should start)

FB - Will Johnson, [FREE AGENT] (no need for a second FB)

WR - [MIDDLE DRAFT PICK], Antonio Brown, Emmanuel Sanders, Jerricho Cotchery (This fine, but people will miss Wallace if he leaves more than they think)

TE - Heath Miller, Leonard Pope, David Paulson (Pope is worthless, can't block and couldn't beat out a seventh round pick. David Johnson will be back and can be a blocker and back-up FB)

LT - Mike Adams, Max Starks (I'd like to resign Starks unless they think Gilbert or Adams can be the LT and only if he comes cheap. Adams played well at RT so maybe more Gilbert to LT. That's where he wants to play)

LG - Kelvin Beachum, Ramon Foster (Cutting Colon saves one million dollars over two years and he's better than these options. It's make more sense to keep him)

I think you meant Mundy is a better FS. Because he was playing SS when Polamalu was injured. Clark was healthy playing free safety when Mundy was starting, then got benched. Will Allen came in and was far more effective. Just based on that, would rather keep him than Mundy. Time to finally sever all ties to the 2008 draft. The only time I really saw Golden was when he froze up and allowed Jason Witten an easy touchdown.

And I'm as big a Wallace supporter as anyone, but I don't know how much his departure would hurt with Haley's quick passing scheme. Doesn't require someone with Wallace's talents.

Spence starting is not going to happen. He's a second year player who missed his entire rookie season. Those players don't start in LeBeau's defense.

I hope they bring back Starks one more time, have Gilbert and Adams battle it out for RT, and I agree Colon's not worth it to cut. Creates too much dead money for next year. And he did have a solid season, penalties aside. Let him heal, start him at LG and have Beachum back him up.

And I like your idea. Pope is gone. Bring back David Johnson as a third tight end. I liked him. I didn't consider him to be a good blocker but bad receiver for a tight end, but rather a decent blocker and reliable receiver for a fullback. But being a 3rd TE behind Heath and Paulson might be the perfect role for him.

I think you meant Mundy is a better FS. Because he was playing SS when Polamalu was injured. Clark was healthy playing free safety when Mundy was starting, then got benched. Will Allen came in and was far more effective. Just based on that, would rather keep him than Mundy. Time to finally sever all ties to the 2008 draft. The only time I really saw Golden was when he froze up and allowed Jason Witten an easy touchdown. (Sorry for the mix up. Although Will Allen will be 31 next season so if we don't keep Mundy I'd rather let both walk and sign a younger player like we did with Clark)

And I'm as big a Wallace supporter as anyone, but I don't know how much his departure would hurt with Haley's quick passing scheme. Doesn't require someone with Wallace's talents. (Haley could be gone though if he becomes the Cardinals head coach (being rumored) and who knows who would fill in (Norv Turner, Kirby Wilson, Whisenhunt?) and depending on who it is their offense may work better with Wallace. Not to mention Wallace claiming a double team every play opens up those short routes for Brown and Heath)

Spence starting is not going to happen. He's a second year player who missed his entire rookie season. Those players don't start in LeBeau's defense. (Never said he'd start, but he could platoon (like in baseball) with Foote or Sylvester)

I hope they bring back Starks one more time, have Gilbert and Adams battle it out for RT, and I agree Colon's not worth it to cut. Creates too much dead money for next year. And he did have a solid season, penalties aside. Let him heal, start him at LG and have Beachum back him up. (Agreed 100%. For those who don't know we would save 5.5 million this season and then owe Colon (techincally) 4.5 million in 2014 so we only save 1 million by cutting him. By letting Will Allen go we save 2 million so might as well keep Colon he's worth 1 million)

And I like your idea. Pope is gone. Bring back David Johnson as a third tight end. I liked him. I didn't consider him to be a good blocker but bad receiver for a tight end, but rather a decent blocker and reliable receiver for a fullback. But being a 3rd TE behind Heath and Paulson might be the perfect role for him. (My thoughts exactly he is another blocking option in the jumbo sets and can also see time in the backfield if need be)

Thoughts in bold. I think I agree on everything with you except for Wallace (mainly because I have a feeling Haley will go to Arizona and W. Allen >> Mundy mainly because he is almost 31 and we could probably get a better young safety for similar money

I'd do it if he signed a minimum contract for a couple years. He played well enough to get to two AFC Championships with a great defense, but still. And he has been toyed around with like crazy in New York. If he actually had some decent weapons and a good defense again he could be productive and we all know Ben will miss some games each year so a guy with experience would be a plus.

Thoughts in bold. I think I agree on everything with you except for Wallace (mainly because I have a feeling Haley will go to Arizona and W. Allen >> Mundy mainly because he is almost 31 and we could probably get a better young safety for similar money

That's true, whether Haley stays or goes would affect Wallace's effectiveness. But I still think part of his necessity and importance to the offense was because of Arians' incompetence. It's not just a Haley thing, but a lack of Arians thing. My ideal situation is signing Wallace long term, but if that's not possible I don't think it's the end of the world. The offense can survive with Brown, Sanders, Miller, Paulson and Cotch. As long as Brown and Sanders get over their inexplicable bonehead mistakes, but being in their fourth years I have no doubt they can.

As for Allen vs Mundy, I think they like veteran players who have been there to be backups. Chris Hoke is a prime example. Especially with Polamalu's injury history where the backup will probably be playing a lot. This isn't a young guy for the future, this is who's better now. And Will Allen is currently better than Mundy or any young rookie they're going to draft. Even if it's Elam or McDonald or Reid, I'd expect him to be third behind Troy/Clark and Allen.

And about the Spence part, I actually meant to be responding to DBR's original depth chart. I kinda jumped around on that post haha, sorry.

RB - [LATE DRAFT PICK], Jonathan Dwyer, Chris Rainey Starting a late round draft pick? I like the idea of selecting someone but they should back up Dwyer. Also retaining Redman for a year as a veteran backup would probably be wise

FB - Will Johnson, [FREE AGENT] A 2nd FB isn't really needed

WR - [MIDDLE DRAFT PICK], Antonio Brown, Emmanuel Sanders, Jerricho Cotchery I'd like to see a FA and a middle draft pick brought in. Brown and Sanders can start. Going to miss Wallace but I agree his time here is over.

ROLB - Jason Worilds, [EARLY DRAFT PICK] I like Worilds not sure I see the need for a 1st/2nd round pick unless there is value

LCB - Ike Taylor, Cortez Allen, DeMarcus Van **** Looks Good although I could go either way with DVD

RCB - Keenan Lewis, Josh Victorian Hopefully we can keep Lewis, I have my doubts though. Also Curtis Brown should at least be backing up. Wouldn't mind an early pick here either

SS - Troy Polamalu, Will Allen Can live with Allen as the backup for another year

FS - Ryan Clark, [EARLY DRAFT PICK], Robert Golden Looks good an early pick at saftey (1st/2nd) is something that really needs to happen

Specialists

P - Jeremy Kapinos Could be Butler as well or maybe a draft pick

PK - Shaun Suisham Good season, I think he has earned another year

LS - Greg Warren Doubt he will be back. He is set to make twice as much as a rookie would. Steelers seem to move on to other LS at this point, plus the slip up in week 16 could seal his fate. Maybe we can even save a roster spot by having Beachum do it?

Getting rid of Tomlin and this "medical/training staff should be priority 1.

Tomlin isn't going anywhere. It's not his fault. While I do obviously think he should be held account for the teams play, it's not all on him.

In saying that, he definitely needs a warning at least. The Steelers had the ball in their court when they were 6-3 and losing to teams like Oakland, Tennessee, Cleveland and barely beating KC is unacceptable.

Getting rid of Tomlin and this "medical/training staff should be priority 1.

Tomlin isn't at fault for injuries and subpar replacement players. So to me Tomlin gets a pass for the season. We still did win some games and were in others that we had no business doing so. Biggest example is NYG game.

However the training staff needs to go. Too many players are getting preventable injuries (pulls and strains ect). That's all on the training staff to build a proper program that warms muscles and keeps them loose. We have to many issues with hamstrings calves and other muscles for it to be a coincidence.